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the Fleet to drop anchor, in which situation j wi ic rnained until AdjUtant WrigsEN brought advice that the Russian Flotilla itere Mficr at .anchor in Sunpassund, bet Ween the.lslands of Hirwensalo and , - . • .- Satt awa• The Fleet- inaniediately set sailin pne3utt of the EneMy's Flotilla, which our Squadrdn was ordered to attack. while .our lan&troops should ret'7 der themselves- masters of Hirwonsalo, liaxkesta, a nd Kusto. 'Ube army under niy command, 'reinforced by . about 2oct volunteers, and the Reserve of the zegt- Ill euts of Abolan and Bjornborg is divided into three ligades, commanded by Major TdaNissi,* and Li eutenant-Colonels REUTLIERoNA and Baron tfa oNaßL. " 17th June, in the afternoon, all thearrned Ships and Transports weighed anchor and stood for. Pargos, when,we" came to an anchor in circler to give time to the rear of the Fleet of Transports to come up as soon as they had joined. The fleet had weighed on the 18th in the morning; but Were CoMpelled by contrary winds to come to an.. anchor.- . Certain intelligence was'now: 'received; that the Rus sian Flotilla • had Cleared Sampassund 'and 'put into , Abo, where it was lying under the batteries of that place. The wind coming fair on the I QUI; the whole Fleet got . under weigh, and brought up at night about three quarters of a Swedish mile from 'Abo, where the troops were landed the same night. " As soon as the Horse-guards and Chasseurs *ere disembarked, they filed off to form •the. advanced guard under. the order of Captain BaoigßG. The first Brigade, composed of the foot guards, covered by a detachment of sharp-shooters; and the Second; consisting of militia, 'formed a line of battle.. About soo of the masse, commanded by Lieutenant Mar- MG; began to conStrutst an entrenchment to cosec the Boats. s ' The two .Battalions which Were posted near Knsto and Kaxkerta, and met w ith no enemy, roCeiv- , ed orders to leave behind 100 men in eat-11,-Isle r ":! and to make a desceni near - Lemps., with the rest of the troops; At , half. past, eight o'clock at night, the Ist and 2d brigades, with the field artil:. iery, were landed, ar.d advanced to Allo. ,Lemas, on the high road to Abo. At eight o'clock the chain - of advanced posts began to foe on the Enemy's Cos= tacks, and pushed forwols in order to support the Guards and Chassems. Thu Enemy, about 2000 strong), occupied an advantageous position, and made a vigorous resistance. The aflion now became ge , neral, and the'Enemy' s Corps were reinforced by from 7 to 8000 men. "Your Royal Majesty's Guards fought as Guards ought to fight, and the Sharp.shooters behaved with the utmost gallantry. Notwithstanding the Energy's vast superiority in numbers they were twice repuls ed; but having received certain intelligence that the ''hole Russian for:.e. was advancing fraruTapolo, I ordered the troops, after a eery severe Copflid,which gated 14 hours and a half, to re-embark, which was done with the greatest order, under the protection of the Gun-boats; and at seven o'clock' at. night the, whole Fleet came to art anchor off Karslo. " Our loss in the above action amounts to 194 killed and wounded. " VEGESAC, CUM. " Karslo, lune zr, iSo3." • Some more French Papers of a recent date have been received. They state, that an order had been received ,tit Paris, horn BUONAPARTZ, for all the trfoopseo be immediately marched to the Frontiers o Spain, end for the garrison duty in the. Interior to be performed by the National Guards, the whole of whom were immediately to be called oat. _ As every information connedled with .the brave people who are now so gloriolasly fighting against the common enemy of mankind cannot but be in teresting to the Emp;re at large, we this day lay be fore our 'Readers a statement of the Spanish:Navy, as it stood before the 'unfortunate and unnatural al -Mince of. Spain with France; and notwit the reclu6li on w h ich has since taken place hstan ding in the marine of our Patriot Ally, a respeaable naval' force still remains in her power, which, in conjunction with that of Great Britain, is more than suffleient to cope with the united forces of our enemies, wherever they are to be found te.-- The Spanish Navy, at the end of 'the year 1795, consisted of 76 sail df the Line, 23 Of..,v;hich liave been taken, or destroyed ; 51 Frigates, ,20 of which have been taken: or destroyed ; 10 Corvettes, g Xe-. becks, t 6 Hulks; 43 Brigs, 7 Balandreee - 16 Gettteys, 22 Beinbs, 57 Gun-boats, t 7 Howitzers, 5 Tartans, 12 Artned-boats, and 5 Packets : consequently they "lave 3t.present .53 Sail 011 he Line, and 31 Frigates, inc :ePendent of what may have been built since. ' It has already been tuentioeed„ that, conmennica tiena had taken - place between the Patriots in- the have o f S pa i n and the Garrison of Gibraltar.' We .""e ri c ow the satisfaction ;o state thefolloWitig feel conneEted with these, by which it will be seen that British hearts retain their originalvirtues tinder'eVery change of situation and that their native spirt con tinues unimpaired in every variety of Climate. ' The General of the Patriotic' roops sent to the poi,ernor of Gibraltar, requesting the' loan of 50,000 cobs ‘a cob is 4s. t'd. sterling) to pay his men. The .I‘2erchant4, understanding the nature of the request, did - n ot p erm i t it to reach its. destination ; bet in stantly subscribed the necessary sum, and dispetched :t to the Spaniard by his oeen Messenger ! Commercial speculations to Spain arc already in greet forwardness ; Ships are loading with tobacco, sow, coffee, cocoa, gunpowder, &c. &c. Me article of tobieco already very consilierably ad ',flee& in price. A Ship was yesterday announced, by a Bill put up in the ItOyel Exchange, to sail with Jeceuct, en we areoed, for Cadiz diret% ~.sEcoNb, • SUN-OFFICE. TIIREE O'CLOCK, r. tr. Ti; following Letter was sent this tisy to the Long-Alit opt : " M LotD, " Admiralty-yffice, Tuly 8: 44- • Dispatches have been received at the Ad tiitralt3'7 this morning from ~Vice Admiral Lorp COLLING WOOD, dated ofi*• Cidiz, June The Spaniards had summoned the irrench Admiral ROSOLM, arid, on hiS refusal, the Spanish Bat teries had opened a fire on the French Ships in the Carracac, on the Ibth of June, in the afternoon, and had continued, .at intervals, during the followink day. On the 12th of, June ilie French Admiral had offered terms , of tap& tulation, which had been rejeaed on the part of the Spanish Commander; WhO refused to admit of. any condition short Of abitiltite suirender. a The British Fleet had not entered the Harbour ; „ . the Spaniards deeming their owii force sufficient for the reduction of the French: " I hive the honotir to be, &c. " MULGRAVE." To Me Right lion. the" Lord Mayor." NAVAL N E WS. PLypiOUTH, JULY . d.—Arrived the ! .4/phea Cut ter, tient. GIBEtOrn, from Cadiz., Which place she left the Rth June:, The ,English Troops wee not then _landed, and the English Fleet lay otf except two English Frigates, which were at anchor in. the Outer Road artiOng the Spanish Alen of l',4 7 'ar . The French Ships in _Cadiz consist of five Sail . Of the Line and one Frigate. On the 9th June; about flirett P.M. the Spaniard's L,Peiied their batteries on the French, but as the night came oh the firing • • -, • • :ceased. They cothmenced firing the following morn, lastedtviO'day.s, after which the French • moored, their Ships farther up the harboni, where the Spaularckl. had a Battery of 50 guns, with se veral bombs, besides a number of -Gtin-boats. The Spaniards had stink two Vessels, in order to pre: vent the French from mooring their Ships farther tip. The Spaniards had thre men killed and three Wounded the first day, and none after. Arrived the Sivallow Sloop of War from Ireland ; and •the Dracey, from New York. t ; ORTSMOUTEI, JULY yeqerilay the Robert and Sarah Transport front Madeii.,a. Sailed yesterday the Paz Schooner, with Dis patches for Spain. Sailed also the Sprightly Cutter for Gliernsei; Hardy Gun-brig, on a. cruite ; and Thrush Sloop of War, with a Fiag of,Triee, having on board about 140 - French Fishermen, for Havre. The Pomane Frigate takes convoy to the Mediter raucp. SHEERNESS, JULY 6.—The Gannet is undocked and masted. Th 4 Leveret Sloop of War was paid bounty, and two months wages in advance. . The - Jasper SloOp of War is commissioned, and Capt. ALLEN appointed to command her. Half past Five.—Came down his Majesty'sShip.s Aboukir and Glomman, from Long ,Reach. , Passed .by-part of the West India Fleet, for the River. Arrived his Msjesty's Ship Melville, Capt. KING. His Majesty's Ship Leveret sails to-morrow morn ing, for the Baltic. DILA L, JULY 7..—Carne•downfrorn the River the Diadem:, s:s'lirn; 'and Alexander; Nec k, for the Brazils. Arrived his Majesty's .Ships Clyde and Kangaroo from a cruize, and remain in the Downs. with the _Ships as per:last., Dor i , ,r„ JULY 7,--Passed by the Ship Mary, with -wine, from Spain,; she brings no news, the English ✓Fleet not having entered Cadiz when she came away. The St.Alithacl Anierican Packet, which reached :L'Orieni"s6ie ale since, .wit h Messengers and dis patches from Au:erica, is arrived in the DoWtis; and - will shortly return Id America. Dispatches have been biOnzht by this conveyance to Mr. PINCKNEY. :Tbelatest 'accounts from Paris are of the . 28th of - June. • - • - Yesterday the two regiments of his Majesty's Life "Guards were btigided . together on Wimbledon Common, prepaiatory su. a grand revie.v which is to take place on the 15th instant. General Lord HEATITFIELD had the comMand.. The troops-were under arms from six in the morning until two in the afternoon, exercising almost incessantly the whole of the time. Notwithstanding the extreme fatigue of these highly respetiable regiments under an al most perpendicular sun, we are happy to state, that not the slightest accident occurred. Yesterday the I 4 h Regiment of Light Dragoons were reviewed on Hounslow Heath, by his Royal Highness the Commander in Chief. 'l heir Royal Highnesses.the Dukes of CLARUNCA And -QUNUIPB-' LAND were ,also kresent. SIDMAN. INSTRUCTION I 0 THE SUPEEME JUNTA OF TliE OOirEENMENT, TO ALL CITIES AND : TOWNS, TO BE EXECUTED WITH THE UTMOST PROMPTITUDE. 1: In cities and towns consisting Of !?000 'or more honseitoi&rs; a Junta shall be' established, which shall superintend all irrangeMents, and shall be obeyed by all the inhabitants ; abd in places of sttaller size; the ilyuntainieiztOs shall hold the place, and perform the funetions of 'the Juntas. • 2t. -It is ordered, that with the concurrence of the iiyuntarnietito, the Clergy, Prelates, Priests, No bles, and other persons so assembled, a Junta of six be formed, to receive orders 'from the -Supreme junta, and correspond therewith, and in every parti cular a& under their authority ; and the inhabitantS and the Corregida Are required to obey them in their office', and every thing thereunto appertaining. 3. It shall' be the duty of this Junta tti inlist the inhabitants from the age of 16 to 45 ; firsts such as volunteer their services, and then all the seculariti habitants of the aforesaid age ; to form them into Cninpanies, to assign them respedable persons for •CaPtains„ Lieutenants, and Ensigns, with it'll power to naine .SergeantS and Corporals, which they will Proceed to do with all possible: dispatch. 4. They will instruct the towns Of their districts; and even those of the neighbouring "districts; to-trub mit td the same regulations, inliSttnents, and ap-' poituntents, and to adVise the junta therebfxilthout delay. • • 5. For the present; each Company 'shall rimain• in its district, but the. Junta empOwered, if it think fit, to call together the inliSted,CompardeS lb the other towns. • ' 6. The Junta will harrie a cenfideritial per Son to administer,. finder its direction; the funds, 'which must meet the expencei of the present occasion.- 7. These funds shall be raised by orders'•orthe Junta from all Corporations and rich individuals; and Over and abtive a subscriptiOn shall be opened; that all the inhabitants May contribute in, ptoportidn to their seal fur their King and Country, and the ur gent' necessity of the cause. • 8: TO these fundS shall be added patriotic loanSdf money, to be afterwards- re-paid hi full; and it is . expected; floirt the public spirit of theinhabitants, that there will be no occasion for forced loans, or any Other proceeding, Which, though• it .might ..be violent,' Would sail be justifiable by the necessity Of the Case. g. l'his Proclaim (' - 2140 , shall be piinted and published' by ii - J vita, and shall be placarded ankle irrn: , at 1 , „ - ac ci„ -•—• 10. An the :\ r...es and liimCi;ontiries , are for the Lunintned in their rdsle4ive ofii cc,, Seville. 29th .11 , ty, 1808. D. JUAN . B TISTA ESTBLLER See. Pri1110; D. J. B. Secui&. .. ADDRESS TO THE.PcOPLE GI! PORT:JC2iI—.3. PORTUOU ESS—Your lot la, Jperhaps; %the , hardest , ever endured by any people on the earth. ‘.{..414 Prances were compelled •to .flfroni you, tied the events m Spain have furniakietkin , irrefragable' proof of the absolute necessity-'df--that , *-Measpre, vZou were ordered not to defend yeurselvea, and you did not defend yourselves. .1u NOT, offerecl, to, snake you happy, and your happiness has - censisted ,in .l ing treated with greater cruelty than the most . fer,ocipus. conquerors Maid on the people whom they -ham subdued by force of arms, and after ,tile most ob : stinate resistance. You have been despoiled ofyour Princes, your laws,• your- usages, your ces k tems, your property, your liberty, even your liver and your holy religion, which your enemies never, soave, itespetied, however they may, according,-to their custom, have promised to. protea it, and however ilkcy may affeet and pretend to have any sense of, it themselves. Your nobility has-been annihilated, its property confiscated in punishment of its fidelity and loyalty. You have been basely dragged to foreign countries, arid compelled to prostrate .yourselves at the feet ,of,the man who is, the author of all your ca= lamities, and who, by the most horrible perfidy ; , has usurped your Government, and , rules you. with a sceptre of iron. Even now your troops, have left your borders; and are travelling in, chains tO die in the defence of him who ,has oppressed y9u,, which means his deep malignity may accamplish his purpose, by destroying those .w ho: should constitute your strength, and .by rendering,their lives siabser .vient to his triumphs, and, to the savage glory to ; which he aspires.' , • Spain beheld your slavery, • and the horrible. evils Which followed,it, with mingled sensations of grief and despair. You are her brethren, and ,slie . parited to fly to your assistance.. But certain Chiefs, and a Government either weak or corrupt, kept : her in chains, and were preparitig.the means by wing}, the ruin, of our King, our laws, our independeecethair liberty, our lives, and even the holy religion in which .We are united, might accompany yours, 'by which a barbarous people , consummate. their, o_wn triumph, ,and accomplish the slavery of every nations in EuroPe-r•-eur loyalty, our liotiour,. our ; jestiee, could itet submit to such flagran.catrocity : ! We t 6a . ve broken our chains—let us then,to aetion—we bave armies, we have chiefs, and the universal cry,ef ; Spain is, we will die . in defence of our country, i* we will take .care that. these infumous'enemies shall die with us.. Come then, ye_ generous. Poqugueze ) unite with Spain to die in defence of. your coootryr— her banneraexpeet you, they will _receive yOu as' brethren infamously oppressed. Thu cause oil Spain and of Portugal is the same—distrust not our troops —their wishes are the sante as Your own, and,you may reckon ,upran their courage and their strength as part of your socurity. . . Yoi have Intyng yourselves the, objets of your vengeance—Ohey net the'authors of your misfortupp attack thern 7 --they are but a handful-of avisereble panic struck men, humiliated and conquered already by the perfidy and cruelties which they have com mitted, and which ,11eve covered them with disgrace in the eyes of ii..iirope eed_theWerld ! then tn a bry.lv het voi. 4 't ,, ining your honourable hands with crimes, for yoer design is to resist than and to stroy them'-:;-our united efforts-will do for this per- , N'S'e it tviii be acceptable to our Readers to tidious nation ; and - Portugal, Spain, nay, all Europe', see in in .Vnglish dress another proof of the shall breathe or die free like men. gent spirit by whith the Spaniards are•aauated, in • Portuguese - -Yourcountry is net ladaiiier•-•it 11 the instrudions which they haVe given for the uni- already gone—unite, unite, and iiy to restore and to i•ersal'orgnuization of the Country, and of which iavelt. • paper' we have already spoken.. We also present Seville, May 10, 1808. our Readers their animated Address to the People of •By direction of the. Suprem - Junta, of Govern , - Portugal. •i L ____ . • inent. DON JtzAtc BAUTISTA ESTELLEP., SeC. D. J. B. PARDO, sec:secundo. ANTIQUITIES. About three weeks ago, in the Island of Bonbi oils, South' Uist, Scotland, there .was fatind in a bank of sand a htliTi2d skeleton, in a high state of preservation i it Was in a.sitting pOstUre, holding in its: right hand the lianqle of a sword. On digging a little deeper,' there were discovered the fragments Of an urn, with a. few piecesntsilVer coinage, bear ing a strong resemblance - to those of the Emperor BTERUS. A feW remarkablecircuinStances attend ing this diScoVery are not unworthy of notice. Some years ago the bank 'of sand, under which t hiS t4celetOn•was found, Was So (hat it'served as a bulwark to stop the raging billoWs of the %Atlantic ;. but by tilts gradual encroaehment Of the sea, and-the cOnst.n* drifting of the sand, which is - so iireValent in the Hebrides, this tumulus was entirely removed; when a bed of stones, nearly about the size of brickF;, diagonally and longitudinally arranged, presented it self. This led some Gentlemen iii the island tq cause This bed _to be carefully examined. Those 'who are acqrtainted with the 'qualities of pure sand, unmixed with any particles of earth, for powerfully resisting corrosion, will net dispute the "possibility of this skeleidn being, the reaming of some distingnisheA Roman Hero ;• but how it should happen to be in-: terred, a 'quarter so remove, whither the Roman Eagle never penetrated, according to common opi nion, is not so easily accounted for ; 'thon B h the be lief that the Romans never crossed the Grampian hills is-considerably weakened by the'discotery of d regular encampment, supposed to be R6tnan, now visible in the distritt of Badenock, Inverness-shire. WESTMINSTER SESSIONS, JUNE 7, BEFORE MSE. : 117StiCE MA IN w ART 4G, ATth 'A IItNOVI 'OF MAGISTRATES. This wai the _first day -of the SessioM, and the Court sat in the new Sessions Folse for the first time. Mr. MA INWAliir46 made an appropriate ,peecii" to the Grand Jury on the occasion. ASSAUCI•: -- Thomasco Francisco Count De St, illartin wig in.; ditled for an-assault on Mary Smii a native of Hob; land. Mary Smith.depoSed, that about 'l5 months ago she got. acqualtited with the Defendant, who paid his .addresseS' to her, under thepromise of marriage that lfe••in;lidated himself into . 11 1 .-.. r afFeions, and about eight- months ago he persu"'aded , her to-leave her plave; where she was 'atiservire', ,and seduced her on the promise of marri,ig6: Finditq.r, ~herself pregnant, she ' due evening 'Urged - him - to - perform his promise, and-marry her-; on which he ;4 brew. heron 016 , 414 winolied her breakis and limbs unti; they and threatened . to eon tinuo-t t-17.1t250f fettnre' oiler - ,C.ould -not take vote medicine , tw dett - foy- the child.- This• . evidence was puttly corroborated by the.tes-- tirnolev-pf the landlord! J = An old woman swore that she had seen the .Pro secatrix-'s breast 3, and that - they were-completely- Jury found the Prisoner Gilikijr and the Court sentenced him to pay a Mi l e of : Thee Prose - air:ri!t was a pretty-100-king spoke•liacl-Ettaligh,. an.d appeared t o be:. far . zd-ra ced in pregnancy. •She •kinted at• the.conCluiion of her. testinionjr, :and, wgs obliged to .bey carried- out. of - Court. ' i t 1.1 A+ child, seven years of age, the daughter of Mrs. Keinp;! of , Pdrilatid-street, two's decoyed from the door of its parent., on Wednesday morning, by two elderly Women, under pretence of buying her fra;.t. After Miring been stripped of her garments, she was found weeping at•the door of a Gentlemran's house ityCharhvte-istitet, at ten' o'clock at night, wrapped in ,a filthy garthent. Tire child was able to give in formation where she lived, and She 'was conveyed home: to her discOnsolate' mother. , The offenders have nbt been discovered. • • • • - 4 remarkable;instance- of the fatal effeas of the infrodnatiOri -of virulent animal -Matter into the hu man system; lately'happeried in the case of James -a- . shepherd s :. in 'the service of Mr. Arch bold,. ( . sf-,Eiettott, who in the; aft :of skinning a sheep Width had died or disease (the thorter ill), and , was at the time in a state of putrescence, acci dentally cut 'one of ; his fingers with the knife. Tile effeti of poisonous matter Was truly astonish ing:; for-on his going home in the evening, he com plained to his wife " that ,he had inoculated him self, and he had Already began to feel:the bad conse quences of it over all that side of his body on which his finger was cut. 7 At five the next morning me dical assistance was sent fOr, bat nr,J kind of relief .could be . given ; and with such rapidity did, the (nor bific matter attack his system, that he became -4 corpse in the highestdegree . .of putridity, by 'eleven o'clock that day, , being less than 24 hours from the introduction of the. Matter. • - The 1..0R13 CHANCELLOR has finally decided the case of LOrd tkt his Lordship shall con tinue to be kept under the affeotionate superintend ance,of Ltidy'Atroxitru, acting constantly by the advice and under the direetion of eminent Members of the Faoulty.': ' • 'SMITHFIELD MARKET, fuLy 8. This days market had a pretty good supply of dif ferent kinds of Cattle; Beef, Mutton, Lamb, and Veal are Cheaper than our last report; Pork .k dearer, 'and the trade 'in general was somewhat flat. The sales in the Haymarket were inconsiderable; Hay - and Clover fetched better prices than Monday's inat• ket ; Straw coutinues the same as per las.—We subjoin an .acennite - statement of the prices and numbers : To sink the Offal per stone of Sib. Beef /Is. ocl. to 55.. cid. —Mutton as. to 4s. &1.--Veal ;s. 6.1. to 6s. 6d.—Lamb 4s. od. to . 6s. od.—Pork 4s. od. to Gs. od. - • Beasts - , 450. -Sheep and Lambs,•7,3oo.—Calves, la 51. cs. o:3. to , cs. od. -- ,,, ...,0ver 31. los. 0d..t0 71, / Los, Cd.—Straw il. ISa. od. to al. 55. cU. PI ,i ~,, 1 i